How it all began...
While serving in the Philippines during World War II, Richard "Dick" Clark realized that coca-cola, ice cream, and short orders were going to be the rage. In December 1946, he purchased a Taylor ice cream freezer and 12 ice cream cans for $2,479.00 and began making ice cream. He set up the ice cream shop in a concrete block addition to his uncle's grocery store, Sutton's grocery,
which is now Dick Clark's.